CDC Warns About High Prevalence Areas of Diabetes, Obesity
HealthLeaders Media
Obesity prevalence is more than 30% in those areas as well, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The highest rates for both ...
At top of a list we don't likeGadsden Times
EDITORIAL: Our bad habitsistockAnalyst.com (press release)

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Obesity in childhood
Merinews
Such modifiable factors are the biggest culprits in the alarming rise of childhood obesity. Many kids are spending less time exercising and more time in ...
Obese patients say some doctors disrespectfulAmerican Medical News
Nearly One Obese Person in 10 Feels No Need to Lose Weight, New Study SaysABC News

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Obesity capital looks to shed title
ABC Online
A hospital in the obesity capital of Australia has started a lifestyle program aimed at improving the health of people ...

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New program targets obesity in children at Savannah pre-school site
Savannah Morning News
(Steve Bisson/Savannah Morning News) By Jan Skutch Activity and healthy eating habits are replacing obesity for little ones at one preschool. ...

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You can't be fat if you want to graduate Lincoln University
PW-Philadelphia Weekly
All had body mass index (BMI) scores above 30 — the US Department of Health and Human Services' threshold for obesity — when they arrived on campus in the ...
College Threatens to Fail Students for ObesityNewser
Editorial: Fitness class for the overweight could benefit all studentsUniversity of Pittsburgh The Pitt News
University With Weight Requirements Probably Has Terrible Offensive LineDeadspin (blog)
Philadelphia Inquirer -NPR
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Times Online
Child fitness levels 'overestimated' by parents
BBC News
The charity says parents need to take the "blinkers off" about how active their children are to prevent obesity. The National Obesity Forum urged local ...
Scotland failing to tackle obesity in youngTimes Online
Good Morning Scotland - BHF voices concern over levels of child obesityDeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
Parents 'blinkered' over exerciseThe Press Association
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Could fad diets be making the obesity epidemic worse?
Daily Mail
David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity Forum, said: 'Diets don't work. You may lose weight in the short term, and there are a few exceptions when ...
BSG President Attacks Fad Diets, Says They Might Contribute to Weight GainTopNews New Zealand
FAD DIETS: WHY THEY MAKE YOU FATUK Express
Modern 'superdiets' based on myths, says expertTelegraph.co.uk

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TopNews United States
Which areas of the US have highest obesity rates? CDC releases new report card
Examiner.com
There were also some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains that had high rates of diabetes and obesity. Any efforts at preventing obesity and ...
Estimated County-Level Prevalence of Diabetes and Obesity — United States, 2007Docuticker (blog)
More Obesity, Diabetes in South, AppalachiaWebMD
CDC releases county by county obesity ratesiTWire
RedOrbit -Manila Bulletin
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USA Today
President tackling kids' obesity, public service on White House lawn
USA Today
The 90-second public service announcement is a joint effort between the NFL's Play 60 campaign to fight childhood obesity and the president's United We ...
President Obama to appear during the football game on Thanksgiving DayExaminer.com
Obama, NFL players encourage kids to exerciseProFootballTalk
Obama, NFL Players Take on Kids in Tag Football Game at White HouseFanHouse (blog)
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Report projects soaring obesity by 2018 in IL, US
Chicago Tribune
AP CHICAGO - A new obesity report has some sobering estimates for Illinois and the rest of the nation. If current trends continue, about 43 percent of ...
Study Foresees an Increase in Obesity and Its CostsNew York Times
Rising obesity will cost US health care $344 billion a yearUSA Today
Spreading obesity might undo savings from health overhaulMcClatchy Washington Bureau
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Obesity will expand US spending, report finds
McKnight's Long Term Care News
Rising rates of obesity will cost the country $344 billion per year starting in 2018, a new study finds. If current trends continue, 43% of adults will be ...

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Does Turkey Usher in an Invitation to Obesity?
Salem-News.Com
The US Surgeon General's office has identified Obesity and its related disease as the No. 1 health hazard. And in strict dollars-and-sense terms, ...

Obesity bill draws local interest from educators
Mansfield News Journal
The "Healthy Choices for Healthy Children" bill aims to curb obesity by improving students' access to nutritious foods, making physical activity mandatory ...
Ohio 10th fattest state, according to obesity reportMiddletown Journal
Partnership involves kids in fighting obesity in youngThe Tennessean
Is Obesity a National Security Problem?GOOD
World Health Organization (press release)
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Health Care
Wall Street Journal
On obesity, it is estimated today, has direct and indirect costs in the US of $500 billion. We are looking forward to a generation who may live shorter than ...
There can be no comparison for health care reformLaurel Leader Call

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Obese patients say some doctors disrespectful
American Medical News
Doctors who specialize in obesity management weren't surprised by the study's findings. "There's no question that for many physicians, there is a lack of ...
Nearly One Obese Person in 10 Feels No Need to Lose Weight, New Study SaysABC News

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Study Finds Obesity to be Major Player in Cancer Development
Natural News.com (registration)
Topping the list of obesity-related cancers was endometrial cancer which represents 49% of cases followed by esophageal cancer at 35%. ...

Springfield program to address obesity in kids
Springfield News Sun
Staff photo by Barbara J. Perenic By Bridgette Outten, Staff Writer 9:34 PM Sunday, November 22, 2009 SPRINGFIELD — The obesity rate of children in Clark ...

PR-inside.com (press release)
Fatties Flunk - New College Obesity Policy is Legal // It May Encourage Other ...
PR-inside.com (press release)
As Banzhaf is quoted in the Chronicle of Higher Education: The law here is not completely settled, but it seems to apply only in cases of extreme obesity,' ...

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BET and Star Jones team up for an enlightening look at obesity: 'Dying to Eat ...
Examiner.com
The BET News special Heart of the City: Dying to Eat in Jackson is a scary yet hopeful look at what America's obesity epidemic has wrought on the state of ...

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College Threatens to Fail Students for Obesity
Newser
“No student should ever be able to leave Lincoln and not know the risks of obesity,” a school official tells Inside Higher Ed. Says one angry student: "I ...
University With Weight Requirements Probably Has Terrible Offensive LineDeadspin (blog)
A Different Kind of TestInside Higher Ed
Lincoln U students upset about fitness requirementPhiladelphia Inquirer
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